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Burgess Owens: “Choice is the one thing that brings merit, brings…”

Featuring: Burgess Owens, Republican | U.S. House Utah, District 4

Owens Joins the Alec Lace Show

Published September 10, 2025 | Video Starts at 08:10

Listen close. These people, these Marxists, are trying to get us to not believe in truth. And so we're done with that. And at the end of the day, Choice is the one thing that brings merit, brings competition. Like everything else we do. What you do, Alex, right now you are competing against every other whatever podcast the show is out there. (08:10–08:14)

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Asserts that choice in education brings merit and competition.

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